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Does anybody remember the…

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Does anybody remember the clapping game with four girls? It went: Uno, dos-e, tres-e Hit it My mama told me six years ago There was a lady knocking at the door Saying ooh, ah, I want a piece of pie The pie too sweet, I want a piece of meat The meat too… I can’t remember the rest of it. Also there was another game where everyone stood in a ring, one hand upturned over the person on one side of you, the other hand under the upturned hand of the person on the other side of you. YOu would slap the person next you’s hand who would slap the person next to her. It would proceed around the circle until the last word of the song. The person taht got slapped at the last word would be out of the game. I can’t for the life of me remember the nonsense rhyme that went with it, though. Eenie…something? Does anyone remember this game? It was a lot of fun. Sometimes we had ten people playing this game at once.

For Fortune Teller origami,…

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For Fortune Teller origami, you fold a square piece of paper in half and in half again, making 4 little squares. Opening the piece of paper and using the 4 little squares as a guide, you make a smaller square (or a diamond) by bringing each of the four corner to the middle. Then you turn it over (to the flat side)and bring each corner into the middle again, making a smaller square. When you turn it over, you should see 4 square flaps. Fold in half, square flaps out. Slip your thumb and index fingers under the 4 square flaps, push together like a fortune cookie and voila! foturne telling game. On the inside where the triangles are, write numbers on each half of triangle. Open triangles and write fortunes inside. Kinda hard to describe. Would be easier to show you but if you get a piece of paper and follow along, you ought ot be able to get the idea. I think there used to be a rhyme that went along with the fortune telling game but I don’t remember that now.

Miss Lucy had a baby, his…

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Miss Lucy had a baby, his name was tiny tim she put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim. he drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap, he tried to eat the bathtub but it wouldn’t go down his throat. Miss Lucy called the doctor, Miss Lucy called the nurse, Miss lucy called the lady with the alligator purse. “Mumps” said the doctor, “chicken pox” said the nurse, “nothing” said the lady with the alligator purse. Miss lucy punched the docter, miss lucy kicked the nurse, miss lucy paid the lady with the alligator purse.

please! Either Stella or…

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please! Either Stella or Patnpaula do you know the rest of the words to (Rudyard Kipling’ Mongoose) this game rhyme? It is something of a 100 year old translation, ’bout a tailor, but the rhythmic lines you have initiated and recalled are what we’re searching for – curiously- and concurrently, in time. Appreciation and good wishes for Thanksgiving included herein! chucknmil [at] aol [dot] com

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To Anonymous who wrote in June: Charlie Never Returned on the Mta was a song by the Kingston Trio. It’s still played sometimes on WCBS-FM 101 in NYC. I remember only two lines from a song we used to sing: “Hotta, hotta, chocolata……. Square cake, round cake, pizza pound cake..” Anyone remember this?

Just found this site. I…

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Just found this site. I grew up in Greenwich Village. Does anyone remember: Hello, hello, hello, Sir. Meet me at the Grocer. No, Sir. Why, Sir. ‘Cause I have a cold, Sir. Where’d you get the cold, Sir. At the North Pole, Sir. What were you doing there, Sir. Catching Polar Bears, Sir. How many did you catch, Sir. One, Sir, Two, Sir, three, Sir, Etc. This was recited while bouncing your Spauldeen and crossing your leg over the ball everytime you said Sir. We would go on into the hundreds!

Leda, I remember Stories!…

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Leda, I remember Stories! Of course I remember A my name is Alice, but it would sometimes get boring (we never seemed to make it past L or M), so we’d play Stories instead. I loved it because it gave you such scope for making things up–and showing your prowess at double and triple turnovers. I haven’t encountered too many other people who remember this game, so it’s nice to share the memories. (I grew up on Dahill Road, between Kings Highway and Quentin Road, in the Gravesend section…)

What a trip down memory…

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What a trip down memory lane…thanks gals. Does anyone remember “Stories”? There was one for every letter of the alphabet….something like this: One day just as I was about to approach my Aunt Anita’s adorable astonishing apartment house, etc.The movement was similar to that of A my name is Alice but there were multiple turns. It’s amazing how I can’t tell you what I ate yesterday but I can recall almost eevery story for every letter!